Biography | Adel Ibrahim

Adel Taha Yassin Ibrahim — known as Adel Ibrahim.

Education

Graduate of Damascus University / Faculty of Science
Completed his studies at Al-Bakr University for Higher Military Studies / National Defense College / Baghdad — Iraq
Earned a Higher Diploma in Strategic Media Management

1971 - 1982: Worked at Wa’y al-Ummal magazine in Baghdad, progressing through roles: Editor, Editorial Secretary, Deputy Editor-in-Chief
1998 - 2003: Editor-in-Chief of Afaq Arabiya magazine (a peer-reviewed cultural magazine accredited for academic promotion in Iraqi universities)
2000 - 2002: Editor-in-Chief of Al-Mirbad newspaper, published by the Al-Mirbad Poetry Festival / Baghdad

1982 - 1989: Press Advisor at the Embassy of the Republic of Iraq in Cairo, Egypt
1989 - 1992: Press Advisor in the External Media Department, Ministry of Culture and Information / Baghdad
1992 - 1996: Diplomat / Press Advisor at the Embassy of the Republic of Iraq in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

1996 - 2003: Director General and Chairman of the Board of Dar al-Shu’un al-Thaqafiyya al-Amma (General Cultural Affairs House) at the Ministry of Culture and Information in Baghdad — responsible for cultural publications including books, cultural magazines such as Al-Aqlam, Al-Mawrid, Al-Turath al-Sha’bi, Al-Thaqafa al-Ajnabiyya, Afaq Arabiya, and Ulum, as well as the Turkmen-language newspaper Yurd, plus hundreds of academic, scientific, literary, and artistic titles
2000 - 2001: Appointed Acting Director General of the Iraqi Radio and Television Institution, overseeing production of numerous TV and radio programs
2004 - 2012: Director of Programs and Production at Al-Rashid Satellite Channel / Baghdad
1997 - 1999: Member of the Supreme Committee for Creativity Awards and Honorary Awards for Cultural and Artistic Production, Ministry of Culture and Information / Baghdad
1999 - 2003: Board Member of Dar al-Hurriya Printing Company
1999 - 2003: Deputy Chairman of the National Company for Distribution, Publishing and Advertising
2001 - 2002: Deputy Head of the Committee for Preparing the Encyclopedia of Social Laws in Iraq
2002 - 2003: Member of the Coordination Committee between Iraqi Universities and Ministries for Research and Academic Studies
2002 - 2003: Head of the Committee for Preparing the Dictionary of Iraqi Short Story and Novel

Member of the Iraqi Journalists Syndicate — elected to the Syndicate Council for two terms
Member of the Arab Journalists Union
Member of the International Federation of Journalists
Member of the Iraqi Writers and Authors Union

1971: Participated in the first meeting of Non-Aligned Country Journalists / Baghdad
1977: Lecturer at the Third Baghdad Symposium organized by the Arab Journalists Union / Baghdad
1979: Participated with the Arab Journalists Union delegation with the International Organization of Journalists in Czechoslovakia
1979: Represented the Peace and Solidarity Council in Iraq at the World Symposium on Peace and Solidarity in Moscow / Soviet Union
1981: Participated in the 9th Congress of the International Federation of Journalists / Moscow
1981: Participated in the International Journalists Conference / Bulgaria
1983: Participated in the second meeting of Non-Aligned Country Journalists / Cairo
1983: Head of the Iraqi Journalists Syndicate delegation to Hungary, signed a cooperation protocol with the Hungarian Journalists Syndicate
1992: Member of the Iraqi delegation for the cultural session of Islamic Countries Information Ministers / Cairo
2001: Member of the Iraqi delegation at the Islamic Countries Information Ministers Conference in Damascus / Syria
2002: Member of the Ministry of Culture and Information delegation in cultural negotiations between Iraq and Iran / Tehran

Awarded dozens of letters of thanks and appreciation from the Ministry of Culture and Information and cultural institutions
1975: Best Journalistic Work Award from the Iraqi Journalists Syndicate for his coverage of the 1974 Beirut events
1977: Best Journalistic Work Award from the Iraqi Journalists Syndicate for his coverage of the Kurdish-Iraqi government negotiations
1987: Honored by the Egyptian Ministry of Culture for his role in developing cultural relations between Egypt and Iraq
1993: Certificate of Appreciation from the Jerusalem Festival for Culture and Arts in Amman / Jordan

Published dozens of cultural and media research papers and reports in Iraqi and Arab newspapers and magazines
Covered the Iraq-Iran war from the front lines
Covered the Lebanese war and conducted numerous field interviews in 1974
Conducted TV interviews with many academic, political, military, and artistic figures in Iraq and the Arab world
Presented studies and research at seminars at the universities of Basra, Mosul, and Al-Mustansiriya, and at the Arab Labor Organization in Cairo
Published the novel Sultat Al-Sayf (The Sword’s Authority) with a publishing house in Amman, Jordan
Contributed to the publication of the Encyclopedia of Social Laws in Iraq